full circle, come



full circle, come

Also, go full circle. Complete an entire cycle; return to the original position or condition. For example, After a whole year of debate we have come full circle on this issue. Shakespeare may have originated this expression in King Lear (5:3): "The wheel is come full circle." A 20th-century idiom with a similar meaning is what goes around comes around, as in I knew if I helped her now, she would help me later-what goes around comes around.
See also: come, full

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chris[kris]
Mahomet-Arabic (Anglicized)
Wynonnawi-NON-əEnglish (Rare)
KirstenKEER-sten (Danish, Norwegian), KUR-stən (English)Danish, Norwegian, English
Tzeitel-Yiddish
Jeconiah-Biblical